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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1053 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM
OUT...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EST.
* AT 1053 AM EST, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM WEST OF FLOYD'S WALL SOUTHWEST TO 27 NM SOUTH
OF MARATHON HUMPS TO 39 NM SOUTH OF WOOD'S WALL EAST CRACK, MOVING
EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ELBOW CAY AND FLOYD'S WALL SOUTHWEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE
JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2362 8159 2402 8093 2452 8061 2448 7988
2401 8018 2396 8027 2393 8028 2372 8080
2358 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 281DEG 29KT 2447 8054 2398 8085 2361 8140
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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